Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1906 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

RENSSELAER TO CELEBRATE

Proposition of The Democrat For Fourth of July Celebration fleets With Success.

OVER S4OO RAISED FOR OCCASION To Have a Grand Free Celebration With Plenty of Wholesome Amusement For All. The Democrat’s efforts to have a Fourth of July celebration in Rensselaer this year has borne fruit,and its subscription of $lO has been covered many times, so t hat at this time there is S4OO in sight for the celebration, and to this should be added about SIOO for street privileges, swelling the total to nearly SSOO. Every one seems to be enthusiastic over the matter and have generally contributed to the subscription fund, a paper being circulated for that purpose by Bert Goff and the writer Monday. A meeting was held Tuesday evening and Mayor Ellis was made president of the committee and Geo. Scott secretary. A. J. Brenner, A. F. Long and J. J. Montgomery were selected as Committee on Arrangements, and F. E. Babcock and B. E. Goff Finance Committee. The Committee on arrangement were to select the various subcommittees, and reported as follows at another meeting held Thursday evening: . Music—B. K. Zimmerman, Geo. Hopkins. Amusement—B. F. Fendig, C. G. Spitler, Orlan Grant, Geo. Strickfaden, Abe Halleck, Lou Harmon. Fireworks —E. V. Ransford, F. E. Babcock. Decoration — H. Parker, Rex Warner. Industrial Parade —C. H. Vick, Dan Waymire. Advertising—Geo. Healy, Leslie Clark, F. E. Babcock. Reception —Geo. W. Scott, A. J. Harmon. Salutes—Ed Reeves. B. J. Moore. Marshal of the day—Fred Phillips. At this meeting a communication from the Captain of the Monticello militia companj- was read, which proposed for the latter to come over and give a sham battle with our company. The proposition was favorably received and Capt. Healy of our milita company, was appointed to confer further and arrange for the attraction if possible. This will take place in Riverside Park, probably, right after the ball game. This will bring half of Monticello, as no celebration will be held there. The various attractions and amusements have not all been arranged for, of course, at this writing, but it is proposed to have two outside bands of music, probably Brook or Morocco and Wolcott or Monticello, if they can be secured; a good base ball game for a liberal purse; an industrial parade; foot races; potato and sack races; greased pole; militia drills; fire run; slide for life from the court house tower; shooting of several hundred pounds of dynamite in blowing up the bed of the Iroquois river; and numerous other attractions, closing with one of the grandest displays of fireworks ever seen in northern Indiana. Another meeting of the various committees will be held next Wednesday evening, at which time a complete program will no doubt be arranged and the large bills setting out the attractions will be ordered. Every attraction will be absolutely free, including the ball game and admission to the grand stand on the ball grounds. There was a surplus left over from the celebration five years ago that was turned over to the Commercial Club, and with a balance in the latter of some S3O amuonts to $50.50. This is proposed to be turned over to the Fourth of July committee, which will swell our fund to SSOO with the street privileges and assures the best celebration ever held in this section of the state.

FENCE POSTS.

3000 Good White Oak posts for sale at 5 cents each if taken soon. Rankin Halstead.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS.

May 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Yeoman, of Newton tp., a son. Chase & Sanborn teas and coffees at the G. E. Murray Co.

McCOY TRIAL DRAGS WEARILY.

mvw ■ i ifiiriww n » i Fourth Week Eads To-day and the State Not Yet Done.—May Last a Month flore. The fourth week of the J McCoy trial ends to-day, and the State has not yet finished its evidence and will probably not finish until the middle of next week. Over 300 witnesses, practically all depositors, have been examined by the State thus far. There are hundreds other depositors, and it was attempted to show the amount of their balances at the time of the failure by the- bank’s books. But the defense has admitted nothing at any stage of the trial that it did not have to, using all sorts of tactics apparently to delay and prolong the trial, and when Miss' Maud Irwin was put on the stand an attempt was made to prove the balances by her reference to the items in the books—she was bookkeeper for the defunct bank — the defense’s objections were sustained by the court, and now Mr. Sellers is obliged to read every entry of each depositor page by page, as it appears on the books, and ask Miss Irwin as to the entries. This is is an endless job and will prolong the case several days. Some twenty-five witnesses for the defense were summoned to go over Thursday. As it was very evident that they could not be used, Sheriff O’Connor called up Mr. Haywood Wednesday and asked him if the defense would not do as the State had done, and let him know just how many witnesses could be used each day and the day that they would be need, scAhat they would not be put to the expense and inconvenience of going over when there was no chance of their being used. Haywood replied, in effect, that he didn’t give a d — what the State done, he wanted the witnesses there when he wanted them, and abruptly rang off. As a result the following were needlessly summoned for Thursday, and many of them went over: W. B. Austin A. G. Hardy. W. L. Wood Jas. T. Randle Robt. Michael John A. Williams W. I. Hoover Chris. Hensler Isaac Kight Levi Hawkins Robt. Nicholson Geo. Besse Wm. B. Leonard Win, Pruett Geo. Logan James Michaels Thos. H. Robinson C A. Yeoman S. M. Laßue Frank J. Babcock Lyman Raymond James F. Irwin Chas. Odem. From these witnesses it is presumed they will attempt to prove the value of the landed assests were much greater than the State’s witnesses have testified they were worth. Probably the most important testimony brought out during the past week, owing to the fact that this matter is now pending in our court, is that regarding the indebtedness of the Rensselaer Stock Farm, the principal points of which follow: A STOCK FARM COMPANY DEAL. Delos Thompson, cashier of the State bank, the concern that is doing business in the room formerly occupied by the banking firm of A. McCoy & Co., was on the witness stand for some time. During his testimony he told something of the Rensselaar Stock Farm Company and the way it did business. The company was

organized years ago and was composed of Delos Thompson, Thomas J. McCoy and his brother-in-law, W. A. Rinehart. The company was engaged in handling trotting horses. It had a stock farm close to Rensselaer and the last sale of stock was at Lafayette in 1896 or 1898. Mr. Thompson testified that the company had given a $6,000 note to the first National Bank, of Lafayette, and that he had paid $2,0000n that note, and the remainder was settled by a note of himself and Rinehart. He afterward paid one-half of the renewal note of >4,000. “Tom” McCoy at the time assigning to him as security for that $2,000 and any other debt of T. J. McCoy, his $3,800 worth of stock in the Jasper County Telephone Company and

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, June 2, 1906.

which Thompson still holds. The assignment was read to the jury. Mr. Thompson said further that sometime about December 31, 1903, the exact time the witness could not fix, three notes given prior to that time by the Rensselaer Stock Farm Company and the three partners therein, amounting to a little over $13,000 given to the A. McCoy & Co. bank in settlement of an overdraft, were taken up and canceled, $2,000 being surrendered by Thomas McCoy in consideration of a surrender by Thompson of a note he (Thompson) held against Thomas J. McCoy individually. This showed that Thomas J. McCoy used the assets of the bank to pay his individuaPdebta. The other two notes, amounting to about SII,OOO, on which Thompson was liable, were surrendered to him, and a note or notes signed by T. J. McCoy and W. A. Rinehart only were substituted for them, Thompson paying nothing for release from that liability. In other words, the only man from whom the SII,OOO in notes might be collected by any process of law in Indiana was released from all liability, T. J. McCoy was financially worthless, and as to W. A. Rinehart’s responsibility there is a question, it having been shown already in this trial tnat at least a part of his property was plastered with mortgages four deep. At the same time it was agreed that he should be released from any liability for the other twothirds, and for which he practically admitted on the witness stand that he was liable. Thomas J. McCoy, on behalf of the bank, executed to Thompson a written release of all his (Thompson’s) liability to the bank of the other two-thirds of the overdraft and all other liability of Thompson to the bank on account of the Rensselaer Stock Farm Company’s business, for which release Thompson admitted he did not pay a cent. It has been shown by other witnesses in other gases that it was a part of the agreement that Rinehart and T. J. McCoy shouldjgjye their individual notes to the bank for the balance of $23,550, and one witness in another suit involving this transaction said that such a note was given. But no such note was found in the bank when it was closed, nor were the $13,000 notes found in the bank, and afterward the McCoys, in making a schedule of the assets and liabilities, did not not mention any such notes, but instead scheduled the overdraft of the Rensselaer Stock Farm Company as an asset worth its face. Mr. Thompson will be further examinedon this matter.

Mr. Thompson also said that the Rensselaer Stock Farm Company had an overdraft of more than $25,500 on December 31, 1903. On that day the three members of the company met in Rensselaer and undertook to settle between themselves and the bank that overdraft. He asked SB,OOO for rent of the stock farm, which belonged to him, although the company had done no business since 1896. This made a total of over $33,500 which the stock farm company then owed, a debt of over SII,OOO for each partner. Thompson, after taking out his SB,OOO for rent, insisted that he only owed $1,500, while the other partners said it was more, and they compromised on $2,000 as due from him. He gave a check for that amount, including S3OO he owed Tom McCoy, and that check was read in evidence.

B. S. FENDIG TRADES FOR THE NOWLES HOUSE.

R. A, Minks of Dewey, HL, was here last week for the purpose of disposing of bis equity in the Nowels hotel property. After failure to “dicker” with parties whom he came personally to see, he made a deal, with B. 8. Fendig, the poultry and junk dealer, in which 40 acres of land west of Fair Oaks was traded in. A contract was entered into and a check for SSOO put up by Ben as a forfeit, while Minks agrees in the contract to forfeit a like amount if be goes back on the trade. However, just previous to returning home, the latter informed Ben that he would not go ahead with his part of the contract, so there is no telling bow the matter will terminate. In the event of Ben’s securing the property he will probably trade it off again, and not go ahead and remodel the building, ae has been reported, at least not for some time to oome.

THE CONVENTION.

Democrats Nominate Ticket for Fall Election; MEETING WAS WELL ATTENDED. • r Delegates to State and Various District Conventions Were Also Selected. The Democratic county convention was held in the east court room at the Court house, Saturday, at 11 a. m. The meeting was called to order by county chairman Lucius Strong, who appointed the following Committees, after having the Secretary read the call for said convention: On credentials, E. P. Honan, Frank Schroer, Eli Gerber. On order of business, N. S. Bates, C. F. Tillet, D. Va Garrison. On resolutions, F. E. Babcock, Ira Yeoman, John McGlinn. The meeting|then adjourned until 2 p. m., when the committee on credentials reported that townships not fully represented should be allowed to cast the entire vote of their township by the delegates present, and further reported that there were no contests. Report approved. The committee on order of business reported: Ist. Frank Welsh of Jordan township permanent chairman, and Geo. E. Hersh man of Rensselaer for permanent secretary. 2d. Xominations of County Officers in the order named in call. 3d. Selection of delegates to State, Congressional, judicial and Representative Conventions in the order named. Report approved. Mr. Welsh on taking the chair made a short talk, after which the townships were called for candidates for Clerk of Circuit Courtfthere being no candidate no nomination for this office was made. The nominations were:

For County Treasurer, William A. Lock of Carpenter township For Sheriff, Charles Harrington of Keener township. On call of townships for candidate for County Auditor, E. P. Honan made a motion, which was seconded by G. E. Hershman, that there be no candidate for auditor nominated at said convention, which was carried. For Assessor, Frank Parker of Gillam township was nominated. There was no candidate for County Surveyor. For County Coroner, Dr. A. J. Miller, of Rensselaer, was nominated. < For Commissioner for Second District, Joseph Nagel of North Marion. For Commissioner for Third District, Moses Sigo of Carpenter township. For Councilman for First District, S. D. Clark of Wheatfield township. For Councilman for Second District. Smith Newell of Barkley township. For Councilman for Third District, Joseph Lane of Newton township. For Councilman for Fourth District, James E. Lamson of Jordan township. For Councilmen at Large, C. F. Tillet, of Gillam township, James Carr of Newton township, and Geo. P. Ketchum of Marion. The County Central Committee was empowered and instructed to fill any and all vacancies on the ticket or any vacancies that might occur before the election. A motion was made and carried, that the design to be placed on the Democratic ticket at the November election, 190fi, be a rooster. Committee on Resolutions reported as follows, which was approved: Mm. Chairman, Gbntlmmkn or thc Comvbntiom:-

We, your Committee on Resolution*, beg leave to submit the following; Rmolvkd (1) That werejolce in having been blessed With abundant crops and good prices for the past few years, and which we attribute to an all-wise providence, rather than to the present Republican administration. (I) That we condemn the policy of the Republican National House and Senate in refusing to legislate in the Interest of all the people: but rather for the favored

few. We ask for a revision of the tariff in order that the consumer who ultimately bears the burden may receive the benefits. and not the protected infant industries which have grown into a despotic giant monopoly. (3) That we favor the enactment of a 2 cent railroad fare law; the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people; and the curbing of the trusts; a law for the better protection of the public funds, and such other neccessary laws as will bring about the greatest good to the . greatest number of our citizens (4) That we believe that a long lease of power to one particular party tends to corruption in public office, and we have butto point to the forced exposures in our State and National offices in support of this declaration. We believe that the most efficient government is obtained, where the parties are nearly evenly divided and occasional changes in offices are made. (5) That we endorse the able admin istratibnsof our several Democratic Township officers, and point with pleasure to the fact that no hint nor suggestion, of graft or corruption, has ever been attached to their offices. (6) That, as a party, and as candidates, we promise to encourage and practice the most rigid economy, in .county and township affairs, consistent with the public welfare, and we invite all voters who favor a clean and economical local government, to join with us in bringing about the consummation of the pledges herein made, and the consequent reduction in tax levies in Jasper county. (7) We hereby pledge ourselves to work with James K. Risk, our able District Chairman, and all the members of the State Central Committee, in the campaign now confronting us. for the interests of Democratic men and measures throughout the county and State. F. E. Babcock. ) In* W. Yeoman, '-Com. John W. McGlinn, ) The following delegates and alternates were elected to the various conventions: State Convention DELEGATES. ALTEBNATEB. W. D. Bringle Frank Hoover E. P. Honan 1). V. Garrison U. M. Baughman Peter Hordeman Ira Yeoman S. D.Clark Geo. O. Stembel C. F. Stackhouse Dr. Rice. Joseph Nagel Geo. A. Strickfaden Chas. Harrington CONGBEBBIOAL CONNECTION. F. E. Babcock Eli Gerber Geo. E. Hershman John Eiglesbach N. S. Bates Wm. L. Nowels Benj. Welsh J. U. Iliff N. Littlefield , Benhart Fendig Frank Morrow H. Paxton W. A. Lock John Mitchell Judicial Convention. Geo. E. Hershman U. M. Baughman • F. E. Babcock Lucius Strong W. B. Yeoman John Lane S. A.jßrusnahan Charles A. Harrington Perry Marlatt Alfred Donnelly C, W. Duvall Smith Newell Albert Dickinson Ellis Jones Rkukesentativk Convention. John McLaughlin Charles Littlefield John P. Ryan C. F. Tillett F. E. Babcock Samuel Scott E. P, Honan • Geo. A. Strickfaden John McGlinn Henry Misch Karah McKillip W. C. Huston Christian Nafziger J. W. Hitchings.

KELLOGG JAILED AT BLOOMINGTON.

Canada Land Promoter Returns to the Scene of his operations.-Murray Also Returns to Rensselaer. U. B. Kellogg, the Brookston real estate man who with Charlie Murray disposed of several “townships” of land in Alberta, Canada, as outlined in this paper two weeks ago, has returned and is now in jail at Bloomington, being held to the grand jury. It seems that' he communicated with the Bloomington firm with whom he canvassed that locality and was met at Chicago by a member of the firm, and after a conference it was decided that he should return to Bloom ington and face the music. He claims that he was deceived in the “Northwestern Land and Immigration C 0.,” whom he claimed to represent, and says that he turned over to the two men claiming to be the company all but 5 per cent of the proceeds of the sales, amounting to $7,700; that he thought that they were all right until a few days before the date set for the Bloomington party to start on the trip to see the land, and that he has receipts for all the money paid to the “company.” etc. The prosecution insists that Kellogg was the whole “company,” and that he conducted the correspondence that brought about the sales. Charlie Murray, the former JasCounty man who worked with Kellogg here, returned from Oklahoma Thursday night and insists that he also is innocent of any intent to defraud. He supposed the company was all that it represented itself to be, and says that he has an equity in a half section of land in Dakota sufficient to pay all the victims here their money back, and that he will do so; that no one here shall lose a dollar. The victims hope this is true.

The*G. E. Murray Co. is showing a swell line of gentlemen’s hats in any and all styles and prices.

Vol. IX. No. 9

A SALARY GRAB.

Council Increases Salaries Over S6OO Per Year. COUNCILMAN AGAINST MEASURE, But All the Rest Voted for the Grab. —Can Not Be Changed Again for Four Years, and Taxpayers Must Submit to Outrage. ■■■—— J- '/-- The common council of the City of Rensselaer met in regular session Monday evening with all the members present. The most important business transacted was the new salary grab ordinance in which the salaries of all the city officials was raised considerably, and which must hold good for four or years, until Jan. 1, 1910, before any relief can bejiad by the electing of a Democratic council. The ordinance as passed provides for an increase of salaries as follows: Mayor, from Sts t0..5250 00 Councilmen. from S4B to 80 00 Clerk, from about $240 to 300 00 Treasurer, from $230 to 300 00 ■Marshall, from $540 to 720 00 City Attorney, from about $l5O to 200 00 Nightwatch, from $540 to 600 00 Fire Chief, from $25 to 40 00 The grab was voted for by Hildebrand. Irwin, Spitler and McColly; Gerber voting in the negative. As it applies to the mayor, clerk, treasurer, marshall and attorney, the new salary goes into effect Sept. 1 next. The city attorney was instructed to prepare a resolution for cement walk on Weston street in front of the Tuteur and Kelly properties.

The light superintendent was instructed to purchase water pipe to relay main at Washington street bridge, new. auction pipe for the new boiler and some 4-inch water main in the west part of town. A. F. Long and wife, G. E. Murray and Mattie J. Phillips remonstrated against the assessments made for opening-the new street petitioned for by Fred Phillips recently, and the matter was continued. *

The report of the city treasurer showed water delinquencies April 1,190 G, amounting to $383.26, among which are noted a number of republican office holders and ex-office holders, some of whom are delinquent four years. The following bills were allowed: COBFOBATION FUND. C J Dean, councilman| 6 00 H O Harris, same 6 00 Henry Grow, same 6 00 J C Carmichael, same 6 00 Warner Bros., merchandise 44 84 Chicago Fire Apparatus Co.,d'r springs 50 65 Bobbs Merrill Co., law book 6 00 J C Carmichael, whips 1 50 Lyman Zea, nightwatch 22 50 Harry Reed, painting city hall 46 00 John Eger, merchandise 125 B H Dillon, labor city hail 12 00 C M Hogue, same < 10 0O O P Robinson. same 5 00 J J Montgomery, same 10 00 Landy McGee, same 8 75 BOAD FUND. John Albertsen, work on street 75 Bruce Hardy, same 1 50 Joe Burroiigh, hauling cinders. 10 50 Jim Clark, work on street 75 J A Grant, hauling dogs 75 Charles Parker, hauling gravel 6 50 O S Baker, mowing park 75 Warner Bros., merchandise 6 32 Moses Leopold, assessment Seifert ditch 10 00 W S Parks, salary 22 50 Bruce Hardy, labor 10 40 electbic light fund. C SChamberlain. salary 50 00 Lem Huston, same 30 00 C L Thornton, same 30 00 Ray Thomas, labor on boiler 25 40 Art Bailey, same ~ a |Q Earl Sayier. work on line 12 15 Bruce Hardy, hauling coal 12 OO Central Electric Co., supplies y 88 General Electric Co., same 10 96 Warner Bros., merchandise 4 00 John Eger, same 3 83 Kvertt Warne, hauling 1 50 wateh fund. John McClanahan, work on main 3 00 Mell Abbott, salary 30 00 Gould Co., supplies 38 60 Flatt Iron Works, same 5 16 Globe Oil Co., same 43 00

KELLOGG A POLITICIAN.

Winamac Journal: (J. B. Kellogg of Brookston, four years ago Republican candidate for surveyor of Pulaski county, has turned up missing from Brookston with about sixteen hundred dollars of other people’s money. He bad collected SSO each for transportation from a party of excursionists whom he was to have accompanied to Canada.